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- catalog abstract ""Deforestation, soil runoff, salination, pollution. While recurrent themes of the contemporary world, they are not new to us. In this broad sweeping review of the environmental impacts of human settlement and development worldwide over the past 5,000 years, Sing C. Chew shows that these processes are as old as civilization itself. With examples ranging from Ancient Mesopotamia to Malaya, Mycenaean Greece to Ming China, Chew shows that the processes of population growth, intensive resource accumulation, and urbanization in ancient and modern societies almost universally bring on ecological disaster, which often contributes to the decline and fall of that society. He then turns his eye to the development of the modern European world-system and its impact on the environment. Challenging us to change these long-term trends, Chew also traces the existence of environmental conservation ideas and movements over the span of 5,000 years. Can we do it? Look at Chew's evidence of the past five millennia and decide. Ideal for courses in environmental history, anthropology, and sociology, and world-systems theory."--Pub. desc.".
- catalog contributor b12225265.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Deforestation, soil runoff, salination, pollution. While recurrent themes of the contemporary world, they are not new to us. In this broad sweeping review of the environmental impacts of human settlement and development worldwide over the past 5,000 years, Sing C. Chew shows that these processes are as old as civilization itself. With examples ranging from Ancient Mesopotamia to Malaya, Mycenaean Greece to Ming China, Chew shows that the processes of population growth, intensive resource accumulation, and urbanization in ancient and modern societies almost universally bring on ecological disaster, which often contributes to the decline and fall of that society. He then turns his eye to the development of the modern European world-system and its impact on the environment. Challenging us to change these long-term trends, Chew also traces the existence of environmental conservation ideas and movements over the span of 5,000 years. Can we do it? Look at Chew's evidence of the past five millennia and decide. Ideal for courses in environmental history, anthropology, and sociology, and world-systems theory."--Pub. desc.".
- catalog description "1. Ecological Degradation over World History -- 2. The Third-Millennium Bronze Age: Mesopotamia and Harappa 3000 B.C.-1700 B.C. -- 3. The Second-Millennium Bronze Age: Crete and Mycenaean Greece 1700 B.C.-1200 B.C. -- 4. The Age of City-States: Classical Greece 500 B.C. -- 5. The Age of Empire: Rome A.D. 200-A.D. 500 -- 6. The Sun Rises and Sets in the East: Trade, Hegemony, and Deforestation A.D. 500-A.D. 1800 -- 7. The Emerging Economies: Venice, Spain, Portugal, Holland, France, and England A.D. 500-A.D. 1800 -- 8. Europe at the Helm: A.D. 1800-A.D. 2000 -- 9. Ecological Consciousness and Social Movements among les ancients et les modernes 2700 B.C.-A.D. 2000.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-208) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 217 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "World ecological degradation.".
- catalog identifier "0759100306".
- catalog identifier "0759100314 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "World ecological degradation.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press,".
- catalog relation "World ecological degradation.".
- catalog subject "333.75/137 21".
- catalog subject "Deforestation Environmental aspects History.".
- catalog subject "Deforestation History.".
- catalog subject "Environmental degradation History.".
- catalog subject "SD418 .C54 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Ecological Degradation over World History -- 2. The Third-Millennium Bronze Age: Mesopotamia and Harappa 3000 B.C.-1700 B.C. -- 3. The Second-Millennium Bronze Age: Crete and Mycenaean Greece 1700 B.C.-1200 B.C. -- 4. The Age of City-States: Classical Greece 500 B.C. -- 5. The Age of Empire: Rome A.D. 200-A.D. 500 -- 6. The Sun Rises and Sets in the East: Trade, Hegemony, and Deforestation A.D. 500-A.D. 1800 -- 7. The Emerging Economies: Venice, Spain, Portugal, Holland, France, and England A.D. 500-A.D. 1800 -- 8. Europe at the Helm: A.D. 1800-A.D. 2000 -- 9. Ecological Consciousness and Social Movements among les ancients et les modernes 2700 B.C.-A.D. 2000.".
- catalog title "World ecological degradation : accumulation, urbanization, and deforestation 3000 B.C.-A.D. 2000 / Sing C. Chew.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".